From: Lidong Yan <502024330056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> In reftable/writer.c:padded_write(), if w->writer failed, zeroed allocated in `reftable_calloc` will leak. w->writer could be `reftable_write_data` in reftable/stack.c, and could fail due to some write error. Simply add reftable_free(zeroed) will solve this problem. Signed-off-by: Lidong Yan <502024330056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- reftable/writer: fix memory leak when padded_write() fails In reftable/writer.c:padded_write(), if w->writer failed, zeroed allocated in reftable_calloc will leak. w->writer could be reftable_write_data in reftable/stack.c, and could fail due to some write error. Simply add reftable_free(zeroed) will solve this problem. Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1958%2Fbrandb97%2Ffix-reftable-padded-write-leak-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1958/brandb97/fix-reftable-padded-write-leak-v1 Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1958 reftable/writer.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/reftable/writer.c b/reftable/writer.c index cb16f71be49..3ceb3742888 100644 --- a/reftable/writer.c +++ b/reftable/writer.c @@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ static int padded_write(struct reftable_writer *w, uint8_t *data, size_t len, return -1; n = w->write(w->write_arg, zeroed, w->pending_padding); - if (n < 0) + if (n < 0) { + reftable_free(zeroed); return n; + } w->pending_padding = 0; reftable_free(zeroed); base-commit: 6f84262c44a89851c3ae5a6e4c1a9d06b2068d75 -- gitgitgadget